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<font face="Book Antiqua"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New
Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Dear fellow linguist and/or North East
Indianist,</span> </font>
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<div class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Book Antiqua"> <span
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New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"><br>
We are pleased to announce that the 8th International
Conference of the North East Indian Linguistics Society
(NEILS) will be held from <b>January 31 to February 2,
2014</b>, in Guwahati, Assam, India, to be hosted by the
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.gauhati.ac.in/page.php?cat=Department&id=Linguistics&m_id=Research">Gauhati
University Department of Linguistics</a>.</span><br>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Abstracts </span></u></b><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">To present a paper at the
Conference, please send an abstract of no more than 500
words (exclusive of data and references, if any) no later
than <b>September 15, 2013</b> via email to <i>both</i>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:s.morey@latrobe.edu.au"> <span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">s.morey@latrobe.edu.au</span></a>
<i>and</i> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:markwpost@gmail.com"> markwpost@gmail.com</a>.
</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Please send <i>both</i> the
original abstract (.docx, .doc, .odf, .rtf or .txt format)
<i>and</i> a .pdf of the same. Please save the file using
the following format:
NEILS8_Abstract_INITIAL+SURNAME_BRIEFTITLE.EXT For
example, </span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"
lang="EN-AU">NEILS8_Abstract_PSingh_ManipuriPronouns.docx.</span><br>
</font><font face="Book Antiqua"> </font><br>
<font face="Book Antiqua"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Important: When preparing
your abstract, do not use any special formatting,
styles, etc. Just give the paper title, your name and
affiliation, and your abstract, in plain text. That’s
all!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""
lang="EN-AU"></span></b><br>
<br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Notification of acceptance
will normally take place in early October, although early
submissions/decisions for those needing to make extensive
advance travel arrangements can be arranged. As the
primary focus of NEILS is description of the rich
cultural-linguistic diversity that exists in North East
India, papers should have a primary descriptive component,
preferably from a functional-typological or
anthropological-linguistic perspective. Field reports are
acceptable. Papers whose sole or primary focus is formal,
theoretical and/or computational in nature, or papers
whose focus is on languages not spoken in North East
India, are unlikely to be accepted for presentation.
However, we will consider papers concerning languages
spoken in the areas of Myanmar, China, Bhutan, Bangladesh
and West Bengal that border the North East.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Fees</span></u></b><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">The fee schedule for NEILS
is as follows, and includes lunch and tea/snacks on each
day of the conference: </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""
lang="EN-AU">Rs. 300<span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>SAARC student without financial support</span><br>
<span style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""
lang="EN-AU">Rs. 1000<span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>SAARC student with financial support</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""
lang="EN-AU">Rs. 1500<span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>SAARC non-student (includes teaching faculty
pursuing PhD) or International student</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family: "Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""
lang="EN-AU">Rs. 3000<span style="mso-tab-count: 1">
</span>International non-student</span><br>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Certificates</span></u></b><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"
lang="EN-AU">The NEILS policy on certificates is as
follows:</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-IN">a) Everyone attending the conference will have to
register themselves by paying the relevant fees. We do not
have a single day fee.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-IN">b) Certificates will be issued only to paper
presenters. Merely registering for the conference by
paying the relevant fees will not entitle a person to a
certificate.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN">c</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt" lang="EN-AU">) In order to
receive individual certificates, each co-author of a paper
will have to pay the relevant registration fees
irrespective of whether they attend the conference in
person or not. If a fee is not paid by non-attending
authors, only one certificate will be issued to the
attending author, but naming the paper and all the
authors.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:
EN-IN">d) Jointly authored papers, one of whose authors is
unable to attend the conference, will be considered for
publication in the NEILS volumes under the name of all
co-authors. </span><br>
<br>
<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Accommodation</span></u></b><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Accommodation
will be available, and will be announced in due course on
the NEILS mailing list, and will also be posted on the
NEILS website (see below).</span><br>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New
Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Contact</span></u></b><u><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"> </span></u><u><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""
lang="EN-AU"></span></u><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Please consult the NEILS
website at <u><span style="color:#000099"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://sealang.net/neils" target="_blank"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">http://sealang.net/neils</span></a></span></u>
periodically for updated information closer to the
conference date, or, for any individual questions, please
contact <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:markwpost@gmail.com">markwpost@gmail.com</a>
or <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:s.morey@latrobe.edu.au"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt">s.morey@latrobe.edu.au</span></a>.</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">We look forward
to welcoming you to Guwahati in January!</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">With our best,</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"><br>
The Organizers, NEILS8<br>
Stephen Morey (La Trobe University)<br>
Mark W. Post (Universität Bern)<br>
Jyotiprakash Tamuli (Gauhati University)</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">NEILS</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Department of
Linguistics,</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Gauhati</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"> University</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">Guwahati</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">, Assam</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"> 781014 </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU">India</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times
New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"></span><br>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman"" lang="EN-AU"><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://sealang.net/neils"
target="_blank">http://sealang.net/neils</a> </span> </font>
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